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McEnroe’s Wimbledon Meltdown
Episode 569
John McEnroe was once the world’s No.1 tennis player, winning seven major Grand Slams. But he’ll always be remembered for his extraordinary rant agai…
2 years, 6 months ago
Righteous and Harmonious Fists
Episode 568
The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, anti-Christian uprising in China, reaching Peking on 21st June, 1900, when Empress Dowager C…
2 years, 6 months ago
Inside The Black Hole of Calcutta
Episode 567
When the East India Company surrendered Fort William (in modern-day Kolkata) to the Nawab of Bengal on 20th June, 1756, dozens of British captives we…
2 years, 6 months ago
It's A Royal Cock-up
Episode 566
The Grand Knockout Tournament (also known as It’s a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event first shown on BBC1 on 19th June 1987, to an audience…
2 years, 6 months ago
Humanity Dick and the RSPCA
Episode 564
The world’s first animal charity, the RSPCA, was set up on June 16th, 1824, by a small group of men who met in Old Slaughter’s Coffee House in St. Ma…
2 years, 7 months ago
Blackadder Begins
Episode 563
Rerun. Rowan Atkinson headed up the cast and writing team, yet the first series of ‘The Black Adder’ drew a decidedly mixed reaction from audiences a…
2 years, 7 months ago
How Spiderman The Musical Lost $60m
Episode 562
The most expensive musical of all time, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, finally opened on June 14th, 2011, after completing a record-breaking run of 1…
2 years, 7 months ago
You Have The Right To Remain Silent
Episode 561
The famous US police warning to suspects that begins “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a cou…
2 years, 7 months ago
Marion Donovan: Housewife Inventor
Episode 560
Until the mid-20th century, putting nappies on babies involved folding and pinning cloth towelling, then pulling a pair of rubber pants over the top.…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Day Nero Died
Episode 558
Nero, the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, killed himself on 9th June AD 68. Having fled Rome to a suburban villa after being declared a …
2 years, 7 months ago